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Storm-impacted tourism taxes enter Rays stadium debate
Pinellas County officials have touted the local tourism industry’s resiliency amid back-to-back hurricanes. Recently released metrics underscore their point.
Area lodgings collected $96.76 million in bed taxes through fiscal year 2024, just a 1.36% year-over-year decrease. Pinellas visitors generated $98 million, a new record, in 2023.
Red Apple under contract to buy Mirror Lake property
The developer behind the Residences at 400 Central, downtown St. Petersburg’s tallest building, plans to build a new tower overlooking nearby Mirrror Lake.
Pinellas County and the Rays have a stadium standoff
Pinellas County commissioners delayed a critical vote Tuesday night just hours after the Tampa Bay Rays sent a somber letter stating the Commission’s previous i
Rays could leave St. Pete, regardless of bond votes
St. Petersburg is next at-bat to vote on a bond issuance to finance the city’s contribution to a new Tampa Bay Rays stadium. It might not matter.
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